Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-05-12

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choice of these two highest offers OF the
government into the House of Represen-
tatives and the Senate. There the set
Element would be surrounded by another
Of those exceptional conditions which
are possible, Notwithstanding the checks
and balances of the Constitution and
which can only be overcome by the con-
sentative sentiment OF the people In great
crises of constitutional settlement of the
choice of President and Vice. President.
The leaders of both parties appear to
agree upon the possibility Of the labor
vote exercising an important bearing
upon the results of the next national cleo
tion. II their organization and strength
should eliminate in the carrying of a
single State, thus throwing the determi-
nation of the choice of President into the
House and Of Vice President into the
Senate, since the settlement Of the Sena-
torial and supplementary Representative
election. each House would stand in
practically the same position towards
each Of those officers. The house Of
Representatives, when there is no choice
by the Electoral College. having the
power to elect a President, with the re-
cent result in Rhode Island, is in a worse
position for a deadlock than it was be-
fore. Each State having enc vote for
President the Republicans would cast
nineteen vote for their candidate and
The Democrats seventeen for theirs. The
delegations Of Rhode Island and New
Hampshire would stand q lie, their Rep
rssentxtive delegations being equally d.
vided-hers being one Republican and
ane Democrat IN EACH II the Demo-
crzrs csuld command the vots Of both
states i w1ulf only mako 4 de on the
mafn 41EstiOH Ind no choice, as the vote
zz anig Ds taken by states, u-ls.sssssss
nmgl the 5tHeS ID rcquiissl As
~ n1EE stand IN the Hnlse Of
Representatives. n tho election % a
Rrrsiasat Oh las United states the list
siinEss
States hartnE o. malUfty of Repub-
iczns IN tirfr deleaatins-Gaiieornia,
CIlhrpin Elimia. hldimms Iowa, Kan
saas Name. Mmmgtuacfts, M5chigan. Ne
ar7BAfl, NspBf1y View Jersey, View York,
Oa5o. Oregsr. Pennsylvania, Vermont,
YsgiEi1 sa6 Wisconsin,. Total, 10 votes
for the Republican candidate.
States having a majority OF Democrats
in their Observation-Disclosures, Arkansas
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mime
sofa, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carroll
no, South Carolina. Tennessee, Texas ant
West Virginia. Total, II votes for tn
Democratic candidate.
States having each one Democrat ant
Republican in their delegations-Rhod
Island and New Hampshire. Total, tw,
States equally divided. Necessary TO
choice. 20 States.
The trainers of the constitution rec0g
. nizing the possibility of such q contin
, gency, gave the Senate the power to cleo
! the Vice President from the two person
having the highest number Of votes TO
4 that offices, and required but a majorit
Of the whole number Of Senators neces
sary to q choice. Had the same provisi
o on been made for the election of a Vic
President by States, the Senate would b
In the same predicament rs the House
. and the number Of States having Repub
lican Senators Is IS, and Democratic II
I with California, Ohio and Virginia equal
ly divided. 1.-THE vote which would de
, termine the result If the election wer,
l thrown into the House, and that body
, failed to make a choice of President. thu
8 Republicans might cast thirty-nine vote
and the Democrats but thirty seven votes
which might give the Republicans tn,
Presidency even II the Democrats should
} have the highest number Of e~lectora
votes, but neither party have q majority
But the Senate, Notwithstanding all th,
sagacity Of the trainers Of the constitu
| tion to provide against an %interregnum
t has now reached that condition of thing
In the numerical relation Of parties wher
the balances and counterbalances agains
the disturbance OF the equilibrium OF tn
, constitution by the failure Of the Hous
to choose q President by being itself una
BILE to choose a Vice President. The vot
: Of one Senator who was not elected I
!. the Senate on strictly party lines, Will
he could not elect q Vice Presidenl
? would exercise the negative power Of prt
4 venting an election.
v In view Of these conditions the impol
o lance Of the labor vote is not SO muc